- Participated in weekly lab meetings, offering insights and conducting exploratory data analysis on ongoing study data using R.- Led multiple in-person studies across elementary and middle schools in Orange County, CA, to study children’s higher-order thinking skills in math education.

Causes of Math Anxiety: Mathematical Background and Attitudes (2024) PI: Fernando Rodriguez, Ph.D.- Constructed and conducted a survey study with appropriate measures for math anxiety, mind wandering, and other relevant factors.- Analyzed the effects of college students’ mathematical backgrounds and attitudes on their math with a focus on the relationship between math anxiety and mind wandering using causal inference models and structural equation models.Gender Differences in the Impact of Worked Examples on Math Anxiety (2023)PI: Lindsey Richland Ph.D., June Ahn Ph.D., Fernando Rodriguez Ph.D.- Implemented structural equation models to large data from pre-post design experiments, to evaluate the gender-specific effects of worked examples on math anxiety using R packages.- Built the models based on the theoretical frameworks on the relationship between mind wandering and math anxiety, and their effect on students' learning achievements through collaboration with PI and lab members.

Greedy Approach to Kaczmarz Method with Oblique Projection PI: Anna Ma, Ph.D.- Developed and proved theorems for the new iterative algorithm, the greedy Kaczmarz method with oblique projections (GKO) to solve large-scale linear systems.- Utilized Python to run extensive numerical experiments of the algorithm to ensure its functionality and wrote the manuscript for publication.

Selected as part of the first cohort of the SoCal Data Science Fellowship funded by NSF (HDRData Science Corps Awards 2123366, 2123380, 2123384)Impact of Mediterranean and DASH Diets on MPN Symptoms (2022)PI: Angela Fleischman Ph.D., M.D.- Employed linear mixed effect model to clinical trial data with R software to determine the effectiveness of Mediterranean diets in improving symptoms of patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN).- Collaborated with a diverse group of researchers including biologists and computer scientists, to find a solution to our research question, and presented findings at conferences.